Acanthothiris prima Kamyshan 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae

Full reference: V. P. Kamyshan. 1973. Taxonomic names, in Middle Jurassic and Upper Jurassic brachiopods of the north-west Caucasus and Mountain Crimea. Vysha Shkola of the University of Kharkov 1-176

Belongs to Acanthothiris according to V. P. Kamyshan 1973

Sister taxa: Acanthothiris bisinuata, Acanthothiris costata, Acanthothiris elargata, Acanthothiris gibberosa, Acanthothiris globosa, Acanthothiris inflata, Acanthothiris multispinosa, Acanthothiris quenstedti, Acanthothiris sentosa, Acanthothiris spinosa, Acanthothiris subglobosa, Acanthothyris zieteni

Type specimen: No. 6/2012. Its type locality is Pregradnaya (left bank of the river), which is in a Scissum carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pregradnaya (left bank of the river)

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